Saturday, November 8, 2014

Strength – Watch and Wait

In the
Strength card from the Mary El Tarot we see a woman sitting on a lion, holding
a strand of pearls in her folded hands. The depiction is predominantly painted
with orange, which relates to the sacral chakra which is situated in the lower
abdomen.

Strength is
about aligning your soul’s purpose with the source of your more primal desires. This is where you inner
lion lives; the one who is destined for creativity and greatness. It is our
task to befriend, to get to know this part of ourselves so we can tap into its enormous
potential and to let him watch the zebra’s in the distance while you are
praying with you pearl beads. Each bead is a result of wonderful transforming
power: making a gem out of a continuous irritation. This is asking for restraint from lashing out and breaking your shell. No, we watch and wait, are patient and pray.

Strength is
also about taking responsibility for our own life; creating it with our words
and actions. When we do or say the right thing, we've listened to the voice
within. Only we can know what is right. This is when we trust our own
greatness. Each time we do the right thing we become stronger and more
confident.

This card
is a welcome companion for me. It will help me to find my own Lion. Sometimes I think it is
still an insecure cub which bites and growls, to make a lot of noise when
shadows are moving in the dark J

Maybe if we
hang out a bit more he’ll grow stronger and more self assured.

As others have said, a really beautiful interpretation. And I had to laugh at the picture of your little lion cub growling and biting. Though that playfulness, together with primal passion, can also be good :)